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(No Model.)

J. B. 'EISENMANN.

LOOM TEMPLE.

No. 246,102. Patented Aug. 23,1881.

[NVEN TOR WITNESSES:

UNTTE STATES ATENT FF ICE,

JOHN B. EISENMANN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HERMAN BECKER, OF SAME PLACE.

LOOIVl-TEMPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,102, dated August 23, 1881.

Application filed February 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the latter a suflicient distance on the bracket Be it known that I, JOHN B. EISENMANN, a A,) drops into said opening and forms a lock,

subject of the Emperor of Germany and a resias hereinafter more fully specified.

dent of the city of Philadelphia, in the county D respresents a spring, fastened at d and d of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, to the bracket A and plate B, respectively,its

have invented certain new and useful lmprovetendency being to slide the latter out on the ments in Loom-Temples, of which the followformer until the endb of said plate meets a ing is a specification, reference being had to stop, a on the bracket A. the accompanying drawings, whereiu- E represents a stop or buffer on the plate B,

10 Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved against which the lay strikes in beating up the loom-temple. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the woof, and which thus serves to protect the line 1 1,Fig. 3. Fig.3 is aplan of Fig. 1, with temple against injury from the stroke of such a small portion broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 lay. are detail perspectives. Fig. 6 isa section on F represents the base-plate of the temple- 15 the line 2 2, Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is a broken perstock, which is swiveled onthe end of the plate spective, showing a slight modification in the B bya pivotal screw,f. The plate B is formed construction of a part of my improved loomwith an annular slot, b concentric with the temple. screw f. Through this slot passes a set-screw,

My invention has for its object to provide a f, which enters a threaded opening for its re- 20 loom-temple which will hold the cloth or fabric ception in the plate F. The plate F has two more securely than any other device for the such openings diametrically opposite each othpurpose heretofore constructed; which shall be er, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. By this means capable of operating efficiently upon fabrics of the plate F may be swung so as to project from different thicknesses; which shall engage with either side of the plate B, or at any angle with 2 5 the cloth only by the selvage of the latter, so as reference thereto. 7 5 to avoid the formation of lines on or otherinjury G represents the temple-stock secured upon to the body of the fabric by the temple-wheels; the base-plate F. Said stock is formed in two which shall be adapted to work on either the sections, G and G respectively, the former right or left hand side of the loom; and which being the lower section, which is integral with 0 shall be adjustable, so as to keep the wheels or rigidly fastened to the base-plate F, while parallel with the edge of the fabric or in the thelatter or upper section,G ,is mounted upon line offered by the latter. so as to be adjustable and removable from said My improvements consist in the peculiar lower section, G. The said lower section,G, construction and combination of parts hereinis formed with three transverse grooves or 5 after fully set forth in the claims. channels, 9 gg, and an upturned side, g, which 8 Referring to the accompanying drawings, A closes said grooves on the end or side adjacent indicates a bracket or plate, having a central to the plate B, their opposite ends being open. slot, a, for the passage of screws whereby it is The section G consists of a cap having two retained upon the loom-frame. Said bracket sides, g and 9 respectively, and a top plate,

40 is formed at either end with lugs a a which 9 having grooves 9 corresponding with the 0 form guides for a sliding plate, B, that moves grooves 99 in thelower section, G. The sideg between them and rests upon the bracket A. has two vertical slots, h h, through which pass The lugs a a and a a respectively are joined setscrews h 11, which enter threaded openings by the top pieces, a a beneath which the in the side 9 of thelower section, G. By this 5 plate B slides. means the cap or upper section, G may be ver- 0 represents a U-shape plate, pivoted at 00 tically adjusted on the lower section, G. The on the lugs a a, so as to swing freely on the outer face of the side is inclined from the latter. Said plate 0 is formed with a projecperpendicular, as shown plainly in Fig. 2, and tion, 0, which, when brought over an opening, receives screws i i i, which form shafts for 50 b, in the plate B, (as may be done by moving toothed wheels 7070 70. There is but one wheel 10o on each shaft and for each of the grooves g g 9, said wheels thus dipping and moving in said grooves, as shown plainly in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: The parts being arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the device is secured to the loomframe, on either side thereof, by screws passing through the slot to and entering the said frame, the plate F being swung to the right or left, according to which side of the loom the temple is located upon. The plate F is then duly adjusted, by means of the screw f, so as to bring the wheels 70 it into line or parallel with the edge of the fabric being woven, no matter what may be the angle of the bracket A or plate B with reference to the front of the loom. The section Gr is also adjusted as required, so as to cause the wheels k k to enter more or less deeply into the grooves g g, aceordin g to the thickness of the fabric being woven, the selvage of said fabric passing between said wheels and the section G. As the fabric being woven moves 011' the loom the wheels 70 k keep it duly stretched. As said wheels are each upon separate shafts and travel in the same line, they engage with the cloth close to its edge or in the selvage, hence not intruding upon the body of the fabric, thus avoiding making lines or marks in such body or breaking any strands therein. As the lay beats up the woof it strikes the stop E, thus driving back the plate 13, carrying with it plate F and temple-stock, thereby avoiding the striking of the latter by said lay. As the latter makes its returnstroke the temple-stock is re stored to its normal position by the spring D, which causes the plate B to slide out upon the bracketA. When it is desired to lock the temple out of its operative position the plate B is slid back until the lock-projection 0 engages with the opening I) in said plate. as shown in Fig. 6. I

In lieu of the opening I) in the plate B, the latter may be formed with a stud, m, as shown in Fig. 7, with which thelock 0, made without the projection 0, will engage.

What I claim as myinvention is as follows:

1. A loom-temple stock consisting of the sections G G the section Gr being vertically adjustable and formed with the front and back walls, g y the latter having an inclined face and carrying the wheels 7.: on inclined axes, and the former secured to the back g of the section Gr, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with bracket A, the sliding plate B, having segmental slot b and stockplate F, secured thereto by a pivot and setscrew, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of bracket A, sliding plate B, spring D, base-plate F, and templestock Gr, said plate B having segmental slot I)", and plate F being secured thereto by a pivot and set-screw, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hggeunto set my hand this 22dday of January, 1 1.

JOHN B. EISENMANN.

Vitnesses:

S. J. VAN STAVOREN, CHAS. F. VAN HORN. 

